21 Hours at Munich
“At 4:09 am on September 5, 1972, eleven Olympic athletes were taken hostage by terrorists. For the next 21 hours the world held its breath...”
1976•NR•1h 41m•6.3•Released
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A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.
Director
William A. Graham
Writer
Serge Groussard, Edward Hume, Howard Fast
Studio
Moonlight Productions
Cast
William Holden
Manfred Schreiber
Shirley Knight
Anneliese Graes
Franco Nero
Issa
Anthony Quayle
Zvi Zamir
Richard Basehart
Willy Brandt
Noel Willman
Bruno Merk
Georg Marischka
Genscher
Else Quecke
Golda Meir
Michael Degen
Mohammed Khadif
Jamshid Soheili
Touny
Walter Kohut
Feldhaus
Jan Niklas
Schreiber's Aide
Franz Rudnick
Troger
Günther Maria Halmer
Spitzer
Herbert Fux
Shorr
Production
Company
Moonlight Productions
Company
Filmways Television
Producer
Frank von Zerneck
Producer
Robert Greenwald
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